Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Re: A.R. Ammons, via "Read a Little Poetry"

1.
Why doesn't my love of reading translate into avid writing? I wish it to; I will it to, and, yet, I stare at a blank screen.
2.
Fear of failure is the answer that occurred to me this year. As long as I keep my creative thoughts to myself and don't apply them to paper (or screen), no one can take away my dream of being a writer (because no one even knows that dream exists). Why am I so afraid? I used to exude confidence.
3.
What does it mean to be productive?
4.
Every now and then, I have moments of clarity, honesty. I can look at my life and say, "This needs to change." And when it does - for only the next few hours or days - I am elated, but then I fall into tired, lazy habits, and I'm lost again. Help me stay on the path.
Substantial Plans
K.R. Baab

I can never
know if
anyone
will
read what I've
written:
there’s no
guarantee
that I'll be 
recognized
and yet 
 I desire

to write
still.

Response to the website: Read a Little Poetry (http://readalittlepoetry.wordpress.com/)W